Bean cutter and puller.



Nu. 712,453.v Patented Oct. 28, 1902.

c. H. KNAPP.

BEAN CUTTER A ND FULLER.

(Application filed. Oct. 3,1901.

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CHARLES H. KNAPP, OF I-IALFMOON BAY, CALIFORNIA.

BEAN CUTTER AND PULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,458, dated October28, 1902. Application filed October 3, 1901- Serial No- 77. 354=. (Nomodel.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. KNAPP, a citizen of the United States,residing at Halfmoon Bay, in the county of San Mateo and State ofCalifornia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in BeanCutters and Pullers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved bean cutter and puller, the objectof myinvention being to provide an apparatus of this character by whichthe beans can be pulled with ease, rapidity, and uniformity by the draftof a single horse without danger of spilling the beans out of the pods,so that the beanstalks are laid in rows upon the ground in such a manneras to permit the beans to ripen, and without the necessity of furrowingthe land, the ground being left perfectly fiat.

My invention therefore resides in the novel construction, combination,and arrangement of parts for the above ends hereinafter fully specified,and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved apparatus looking from the rear end of the same, and Fig. 2 isa similar view thereof looking from the front end.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a beam supported at its frontend upon a wheel 2 by means of curved bars 3, the axle of the wheelbeing journaled in the middle of said bars and the ends of the barsbeing secured to said beam. At its rear end said beam is supported uponan open-bottorned standard 4, the latter secured at its top to the sidesof the beam, and itsends secured, as shown at 5, to the upwardly-bentends of the knives or plates 6, said plates resting on the ground anddiverging rearwardly from their point of attachment to the standard.Between the members of the standard 4 are secured the front ends of thehandles 7, the latter also being secured, as shown at 8, to the rear endof the beam. At the front end of the beam is provided a clevis 9 forattaching the apparatus to the draft-harness to draw the same along theground. At about the middle point of the beam is attached a forkedhanger 10, said hanger being adjustable in height by means of theslots11 and the bolt 12, and to the lower end of said hanger are secured ironbars 13, diverging rearwardly. Said bars 13 thus extend fromsubstantially a common point rearwardly first at a somewhat acute angleand are bent outward at intervals at the points 14;, so that at theirends said bars are extending substantially parallel with the knives orplates 6. It is found that this construction is of great value inpushing the beans to one side and raising the stalks to a position to beengaged by the knives.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: The apparatus is drawn bya single horse walking between two rows of beans. The knives loosen theground at the roots of the beans, and the curved bars engage the stalksand gradually turn them over and lay them in regular rows on each side.When the return is made across the field, the horse walks in the nextspace but one between the rows, so that the next row of beans is nowlaid down on top of the pile or row just deposited next to it in theprevious passage across the By this construction the apparatus may bemade lighter than heretofore with constructions for this purpose. Thereis no heavy standard extending down into the ground and making a furrowin the ground. Moreover, the beans are laid in rows without any coveringof earth, so that they can ripen in the sun, and they are laid downwithout violence, so that there is no danger of the beans beingshakenout of the pods.

1. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of abeam, a wheel for the front end thereof, rearwardly-diverging knivesresting on the ground and supporting the rear end thereof, andrearwardly-di verging bars extending substantially from a common pointin front of the knives, and at a sufficient height above said knives toengage the bean-stalks and lay the same in rows, said bars extendingfirst at an acute angle and then diverging at a greater angle so as toextend at their ends substantially parallel with said knives,substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of abeam, a wheel supporting the front end thereof, a standard supportingthe rear end thereof, a handle attached to said standard and said rearend, so that at their ends said bars are extending knives supportingsaid standard and resting substantially parallel with the knives 6,subon the ground, said knives diverging rearstantially as described.

Wardly from their point of attachment to said In Witness whereof I havehereunto set my I5 5 'standard, a fork adjustably attached to the handin the presence of two subscribing witbeam in front of said standard,and bars atnesses.

taohed to the lower end of said fork and diverging rearwardly therefrom,saidbars 18 extending from substantially a common point Witnesses: l0rearwardly first at a somewhat acute angle FRANCIS M. WRIGHT,

and bent outward at intervals at points 14:, OEOELIA POWNING.

(J. H. KNAPP.

